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•'Striking Viking' tricks and dazzles audience The "self-proclaimed Striking Viking" made a victorious appearance on Oct. 12 in the Hawk's Nest Recreation Center. Full Story |
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•Musical brings Civil War stories to the stage "Civil War Voices" took audiences back in history with true words and songs that molded America. Full Story |
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•Lisa Bullard the backbone of OMMA The Office of Multicultural and Minority Affairs, also known as OMMA, is nestled on the first floor of Old Main. Full Story |
•New program to have the 'write' stuff Incoming students are about to face a whole new level of writing instruction at UNCP. The Writing Intensive Program (WIP) will introduce Writing Enriched (WE) and Writing for the Disciplines (WD) courses in each department on campus. Full Story |
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•Dr. Canada hopes 2+2 will equal new benefits Dr. Mark Canada began the 2011 school year with a new position and a new project. The new Acting Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences created the 2+2 Program this semester with the goal of connecting students with faculty members who can help them throughout their college lives. Full Story |
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•Peterkin finds success in leading PRSSA Chris Peterkin once knew nothing about public relations. Now he will lead UNCP's student PR organization.The general member ship of the Public Relations Student Society of America elected Peterkin president in April 2011. Full Story |
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•Cypress Hall the 'crown jewel' of campus living Cypress Hall, UNCP's newest residential hall, opened for the Fall 2011 semester and has seen a great turnout to its facility, despite the walk from main campus and most academic buildings. Full Story |
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•SGA President McCormick seeks to attract, aid The Student Government Association's first graduate student president has come a long way from his undergrad days at UNCP. Full Story |
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•OMMA hosts first Diversity Café of the year OMMA held their first Diversity Café on Aug. 29 in the Multicultural Center titled "Crucial Conversations," a short seminar on how people in different aspects of their lives can deal with arguments with co-workers, family members and loved ones. Full Story |
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•Students have option to rent textbooks Acquiring a textbook has been made easier for UNCP students this year with the new textbook rental program offered by the University Bookstore, allowing students to save up to 50 percent on textbooks. Full Story |
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•Dr. Bourquin serves as Acting Dean of Honors College Dr. Steven Bourquin accepted the position on July 1 of Acting Dean of the Esther G. Maynor Honors College, where he will serve for one year while a national search is conducted for the position. Full Story |
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•Bryant returns to UNCP in new role Travis Bryant has been named the associate vice chancellor for campus safety and emergency operations for UNCP, and he will oversee the campus police force as well as being in charge of emergency planning and operations. Full Story |
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•Students create campaigns for non-profit organizations Students in the Public Relations Campaigns course have spent the semester creating campaigns to promote non-profit organizations and the causes they support. |
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•Student teaches improv to fellow students "It's pure creation, it's pure artistic expression, it's collaboration, [and] there's no pressure of a script," said junior Topher McLean about what attracted him to improv. |
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•Students display research at PURC At the fifth annual Pembroke Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium, 128 students from 12 academic departments displayed their academic research and creative projects through poster and oral sessions on April 13 in the UC Annex from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. |
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•Supplemental instruction works for students For the past two semesters a math professor on campus has been teaching one of his math classes with the initials SI beside it. SI stands for Supplemental Instruction, which is a type of tutoring session that is available in certain classes. |
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•Students roll-up their sleeves to save lives The ninth Annual Digital Content Consortium attracted over a 100 people on April 2. |
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•Professors discuss truth, fear at showcase Dr. Mark Canada and Dr. Mary Jean Braun gave a sneak peak of their new books at the Spring Faculty Showcase in the Mary Livermore Library March 30. |
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•Students compete in Athletic Training Olympics At the Athletic Training Olympics, 36 students composed nine teams and competed in five competitions on March 23 in the English E. Jones Main Gym to help raise $65 in the Athletic Training department's third annual Relay for Life fundraiser. |
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•BBQ sale beats expectations The UNCP Bookstore raised $1,070 in its fourth annual Relay for Life barbeque sale, according to assistant manager Keats Ellis. |
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•UNCP's PRSSA team tees off new record The second annual "Make Par for PR" PRSSA Golf Tournament, held March 19 at the Pinecrest Country Club in Lumberton, raised $2,371. |
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•Financial aid director plans changes FWhen Jenelle Handcox departed from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Ga., she did not know what awaited her in North Carolina. |
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•Speaker urges students to find their story Residence Life and Housing sponsored keynote speaker Dr. Lawrence Mc- Neill Dowdy as he presented "Your Story Matters" on Feb. 22 in the UC Annex to celebrate Black History month. |
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•Steele, former alumna, now director of alumni relations Renee Steele brings her knowledge and experience as an alumuna of the university and former vice president of the alumni association to the job of Director of Alumni Relations at UNCP that she began in January. |
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•Sarah Carter settles into life as first lady While it takes most new students and residents some time to adjust to the train that runs by campus, it didn't take Sarah Carter, wife of Chancellor Kyle Carter, long to adjust to the train despite its running in front of her house. |
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•Theatre students perform small play University Theatre presented A.J. Gurney's "Sylvia" on Feb. 16-19 on the main stage at Givens Performing Arts Center. |
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•UNCP PRSSA hosts annual golf tournament The UNCP Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America will hold its second annual "Make Par for PR" Golf Tournament Fundraiser on March 19 at the Pinecrest Country Club in Lumberton. |
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•'The Color Purple' entices audience members The Award winning Broadway play, The Color Purple, The Musical about Love, graced the GPAC stage on Jan. 27 to a sold out audience. |
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•Music fest celebrates Native music, art On Jan. 20 several Native American artists joined at GPAC for a night of music, fun and celebration at the 2011 River People Music and Culture Fest. Headlining for the event was the national Native American artist Jana Mashonee Dark Water Rising and Pura Fe Trio. |
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•Library to circulate iPads Have you always wanted an iPad but didn't have the money to afford one? Soon UNCP students will be able to check out an iPad at the campus library. |
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•Provost candidate interview scheduled The fourth candidate for the position of Provost will be on campus Jan. 27 to Jan. 28. |
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•Students roll-up their sleeves to save lives Around 77 of UNCP's students, staff and faculty registered to donate blood on Jan. 19 to give to the American Red Cross. The goal of the drive was to collect 99 units, and they collected 69. |
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•A.D. Gallery exhibit first of its kind The A.D. Gallery is showcasing a new exhibit featuring paper as a medium. The exhibit, Pushing Paper: An Invitational Exhibition of Paper Art, will be displayed from Jan. 12 through Feb. 14. |
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